diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfc99b0..ff2d157 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ The pattern uses asterisks (*) for matching.
 
 Publishing to a feed adds an item to the end of the feed, sorted by publish time.
 
-    feed.publish('item contents', 'optional id', function(item, id) {
+    feed.publish('item contents', 'optional id', function(err, item, id) {
         //done publishing!
     });
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ structure by only working the IDs and not with the item contents.
 Removing an item is done through retraction, which simply requires the ID of the
 item to remove.
 
-    feed.retract('item id', function(id, error) {
+    feed.retract('item id', function(err, id) {
         //success?
     });
 
diff --git a/thoonk.js b/thoonk.js
index 887dc47..e85bb90 100644
--- a/thoonk.js
+++ b/thoonk.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var Feed = exports.Feed = require("./feed.js").Feed,
  * @param host
  * @param port
  */
-var Thoonk = exports.Thoonk = function Thoonk(host, port, db) {
+var Thoonk = exports.Thoonk = function Thoonk(host, port, db, password) {
     host || (host = "127.0.0.1");
     port || (port = 6379);
     db || (db = 0);
@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ var Thoonk = exports.Thoonk = function Thoonk(host, port, db) {
     EventEmitter.call(this);
     this.setMaxListeners(100000);
     this.lredis = redis.createClient(port, host);
+    if (typeof password != 'undefined') {
+        this.lredis.auth(password);
+    }
     this.lredis.select(db);
     this.lredis.subscribe("newfeed", "delfeed", "conffeed");
     this.mredis = redis.createClient(port, host);
+    if (typeof password != 'undefined') {
+        this.mredis.auth(password);
+    }
     this.mredis.select(db);
     this.lock = new padlock.Padlock();
     
@@ -471,10 +477,10 @@ Thoonk.prototype.getFeedNames = function(callback, error_callback) {
  * Shortcut function to make creating a Thoonk instance
  * easier, as so:
  *
- *     var pubsub = require("thoonk").createClient(host, port, db);
+ *     var pubsub = require("thoonk").createClient(host, port, db, password);
  */
-exports.createClient = function(host, port, db) {
-    return new Thoonk(host, port, db);
+exports.createClient = function(host, port, db, password) {
+    return new Thoonk(host, port, db, password);
 }
 
 exports.VERSION = '0.5.1';